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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the forerunner of sonar?
(a) The chronometer.
(b) The sonometer.
(c) The echometer.
(d) The phonometer.

2. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.
(a) Sunset waters.
(b) Rose rock.
(c) Battle grounds.
(d) Cherry bottom.

3. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.
(a) 50.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 100.

4. What is the scientific name for cod?
(a) Pomoxis nigromaculatus.
(b) Gadus morhua.
(c) Mircopterus salmoides floridanus.
(d) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.

5. Pollock is vanishing from which Russian sea?
(a) Caspian.
(b) East Siberian.
(c) White.
(d) Okhotsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.

2. Where is Pacific cod found?

3. In 1986, the French still had the outposts of St. Pierre and Miquelon when Canada closed _____ to the Portuguese and Spanish.

4. What were thick rubber gloves with cotton lining that fishermen wore called?

5. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.

(see the answer key)

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